Without wasting a moment the northbound CSX Q512-25 (Waycross,GA-Avon,IN) lean into the curve as the 8,000ft long manifest climbs up the .95% Hogjaw hill out of the Tennessee river valley on the o... (more)

Cursing down Raccoon Mountain CSX Q133-05 (North Baltimore, OH-Jacksonville,FL) is a few miles at the end of its trip on the CSX Chattanooga Sub. The long train will run down the main the main tra... (more)

CSX Q235-04 (Louisville,KY-Winston,FL) slowly roll down the mountain and lean into the curve on its last several miles on the CSX Chattanooga Sub. The train is taking it slow as it approach a work... (more)

CSX G153 slowly crosses the beautiful L&N High Bridge over I-24 and Running Water Creek as G153 and her crew begin the slow and grueling climb up the Raccoon Mountain Grade.

NS708 lead by a duo of freshly rebuilt AC44C6M's bringing the long heavy loaded coal train down the steep Raccoon Mountain Grade and off of the CSXT Chattanooga Subdivision and onto the NS Alabama... (more)

The morning was gloomy and wet, and the mountain tops was shrouded with heavy fog as NS 325 (CSX Z660-15) with a trio of NS motors charge up Raccoon Mountain on its way north on the CSX Chattanoo... (more)

Grain In The Elements In the driving late fall rain, CSX V134-05 (Calhoun,GA-Terra Hute,IN) is slowly coming to a safe stop at the crew change point on the old main at Wauhatchie ... (more)

Man v. Mountain Pulling hard through the north portal of the famous 2,200ft long Cumberland Mountain Tunnel "AKA Cowan Tunnel" the northbound manifest CSX Q512-16 (Waycr... (more)

In the middle of a rail traffic jam, and a lot of MOW work limits in effect, SC-Dispatcher out of Jacksonville has it's hands full as he get north bound CSX Q512-03 (Waycross,GA-Avon,IN) lined... (more)

After the NS trackage right loaded coal bucket has pass on the main 1 track. Another NS trackage rights CSX Z601-07 (NS 163) get the signal to proceed north on the main 2 track through Long Island... (more)

It is a beautiful night out as the headlight from BNSF 9000 lights up the CSX bridge over Interstate 24. We could hear the train for a long time as it was grinding up the hill with an eastbound NS... (more)

NS 362 (CSX Z354-05) slowly creep down the 1.33% Raccoon Mountain grade on it's way to Chattanooga, TN through the rural mountain community of Wildwood, GA (MP J-142.0 Wildwood). The haulage rig... (more)

Nearing the end of it's run after making great time outta Memphis, Norfolk Southern's OCS crests the Raccoon Mountain grade and passes the Civil War Era tunnel at Whiteside, TN. The tunnel was bui... (more)

The Big Six The sun peak out for just a brief moment on this cold morning as CSX Q676-27 (Nashville,TN-Hamlet,NC) depart Wauhatchie taking the main 1 track south on the CSX Wester... (more)

The Big Six Running at track speed on the main 1 track, CSX Q210-04 (Dixiana,SC-Louisville,KY) is on the outskirts of Stevenson, AL (MP J-116.2) working it's way north for Nashvi... (more)